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'''Professor Silvanus Kettleburn''' was the [[Care of Magical Creatures]], [[Professor|teacher]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] before [[Rubeus Hagrid]] assumed the post. Kettleburn assumed the position under Headmaster [[Armando Dippet]] and retired in [[1993]] to spend more time with his remaining limbs.<ref name="POA">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''</ref>

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'''Professor Silvanus Kettleburn''' (b. [[22 November]], year unknown) was the [[Care of Magical Creatures]], [[Professor|teacher]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] before [[Rubeus Hagrid]] assumed the post. Kettleburn assumed the position under Headmaster [[Armando Dippet]] and retired in [[1993]] to spend more time with his remaining limbs.<ref name="POA">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''</ref>

==Biography==

==Biography==

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==Notes and references==

==Notes and references==

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Professor of Care of Magical Creatures

Under Headmaster Armando Dippet

"[...] it was several months before the Great Hall lost its pungent aroma of wood smoke, and even longer before Professor Beery's head reassumed its normal proportions, and Professor Kettleburn was taken off probation [...]'"

Under Headmaster Albus Dumbledore

"By the time I became Headmaster, however, Professor Kettleburn had mellowed considerably, although there were always those who took the cynical view that with only one and a half of his original limbs remaining to him, he was forced to take life at a quieter pace."

By the time Albus Dumbledore, the Deputy Head and TransfigurationProfessor, had taken over from Professor Dippet as Headmaster, Professor Kettleburn had calmed down a considerable amount, though this was likely because he only had one and a half of his original limbs left.[2]

Retirement

"As to our second new appointment: well, I am sorry to tell you that Professor Kettleburn, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher, retired at the end of last year in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs. However, I am delighted to say that his place will be filled by none other than Rubeus Hagrid, who has agreed to take on this teaching job in addition to his gamekeeping duties."

Kettleburn remained teaching Care of Magical Creatures until 1993. He retired to spend more time with his remaining one and a half limbs. According to Rubeus Hagrid, who succeeded him, Professor Dumbledore came straight to his hut after Kettleburn said that he had had enough.[1]

Personality and traits

"His relations with my predecessor at Hogwarts, Professor Dippet, were always strained, Professor Dippet considering him to be somewhat reckless."